Vincent Blackwood wants very little from life: mediocre grades, uninterrupted solitude, and enough distance from his terrifying family to avoid becoming anyone's problem.
Unfortunately, his grades are slipping, his mother is a sociopath, and his new tutor is not nearly as normal as she should be.
When Lexi arrives at his door asking questions about real magic-the kind that kills-Vincent is pulled into a secret war between teenage witches armed with stolen grimoire fragments and no idea what they are playing with. As bodies begin piling up and the Council of Elders turns its attention toward Autumn, Vincent has to solve the crisis before his family notices.
There is only one problem.
They already have.
With rogue magic spreading through the school, Lexi in danger, and his mother quietly removing threats from the board, Vincent is forced to do the one thing he hates most: get involved.
For a boy who considers emotional attachment a personal failure, saving everyone may be the easy part.
Surviving what it costs him will be harder.
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